#!/usr/bin/python3 # Ramdomize the lines from stdin. # # Uses a stronger source of entropy, so you don't end up with repeated output # (or at least repeated starts# so often as with sort -R or # perl -MList::Util # -e 'print List::Util::shuffle <>' # # Copyright (c) 2015 Peter Palfrader # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining # a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the # "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including # without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, # distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to # permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to # the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be # included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, # EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF # MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND # NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE # LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION # OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION # WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. import argparse import random import sys parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Process some integers.') parser.add_argument('-s', '--sample', metavar='LINES', type=int, nargs='?', const=1, help='Print only this many lines (1).') args = parser.parse_args() lines = sys.stdin.readlines() r = random.SystemRandom() if args.sample is None: r.shuffle(lines) else: lines = r.sample(lines, args.sample) for l in lines: print(l, end='')